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mank | Student, Grade 9 | eNotes Newbie
Posted September 16, 2009 at 9:12 AM via web
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What would be a good autobiography start out sentence? Please give me a few.
I just need a good introduction or opening sentence for my autobiography.
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kkosach | High School Teacher | (Level 3) Adjunct Educator
Posted September 16, 2009 at 1:37 PM (Answer #2)
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The thing about an autobiographical essay is that you DON'T want to start out with a cheesy beginning. In that case, be sure you DON'T say, "Once upon a time," or "I was born on November 13, 1974," or "In this essay, I am going to write about my life." Is this an autobiography of your entire life? If so, you could start with, "When I was young, my family and I lived in ____." Or, "Things were good/bad/boring/exciting in my early life." Something like that will do. If this is an autobiographical essay about one incident that happened to you, start with something like, "I never expected to be as happy/sad/shocked/angry/embarrassed as I was on that day." Or, "Many things have happened to me in my life, but this was the best/worst/saddest/funniest." Hope this helps.
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e-martin | High School Teacher | (Level 1) Educator Emeritus
Posted February 27, 2013 at 2:32 PM (Answer #9)
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You might want to begin with an observation that relates to
your experiences ("It takes years for a house to become a home.");
to the location(s)("Like most of North American, Philadelphia is cold and wet in the winter.");
of your personal history "(My passion for sports developed late. My first passion was art.");
or to human nature. Tolstoy begins his great novel Anna Karenina with this line:
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
You could come up with a similar insightful generality that has bearing on your own history.
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http://www.enotes.com/topics/anna-karenina
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kiwi | High School Teacher | (Level 3) Educator
Posted October 1, 2009 at 1:06 PM (Answer #3)
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Beginning a piece of writing in which you wish to grip the audience is best done 'in medias res' - in the middle of the action. You can engage really well by giving the impression something is overheard, or incomplete, then the reader's curiosity takes over as your events unfold. Beginning in the middle of a memorable event gives you the opportunity to tell what happened at the time, and reflect on it. Ideas could be:
' "Aaah!" I screamed as the bicycle wheel flew over my head...'
'There was paint everywhere - the walls, the ceiling, my hair..'
Think of three key events which shaped you as a person and try this technique to formulate your beginning.
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kimfuji | College Teacher | (Level 1) Associate Educator
Posted October 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM (Answer #4)
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It's nice to start out a story with a specific example of something that happened to you. It should be an incident that you describe in detail, something that would make someone laugh or cry or just be intrigued, like they would ask themselvs "what is happening here ?". In journalism they refer to that as the "lead"; it makes the reader want to read the entire story.
Example,
The sun was high in the sky the day when I woke up on the deck of uncle Bob's yacht. I sat up. The hot sun was in my eyes. I looked down at my legs. They hurt. There were scratches stretching the whole way down the front of my legs, from my thighs down to my ankles. I looked around but couldn't understand where I was. I didn't recognize my surroundings. My ears felt like they were plugged. I couldn't hear well...
Anyways, that's just an example of a detailed description of a specific event.
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lavc | eNoter
Posted July 24, 2011 at 4:28 PM (Answer #5)
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I like a pithy quote that in some way reflects what you want to say about yourself. For example, "a grapefruit is a lemon and had a chance" would be a good opener for someone who wanted to explain that they have had good chances and take advantage of them.
Another example of a quote might be "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times" to lead into a personal story that reflects 2 sides of that issue i.e. being asked to and dance and not having a drivers license, or the money for new outfit etc.
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mdteacher1 | Middle School Teacher | (Level 1) Adjunct Educator
Posted August 15, 2011 at 9:05 AM (Answer #6)
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Think about who you are or what you want to become in life and rip us with a really exciting start sentence. For example:
Example 1: Creating stomach cramps from laughter is my ambition in life. One day, I hope to play the Improv as a stand up comedian and then Saturday Night Live.
Example 2: The graveyard has always gripped my attention as I view loved ones grieve for a family member. One day, I hope to bring solace to hurtin families in the funeral business....
Example 3: From the emergency room again, my Dad was right there to comfort me. Quite the "stunt man" as a child, I would give my parents many scares.
Hope this helps. Godspeed to you.
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casperbg60 | Student , Undergraduate | eNotes Newbie
Posted January 13, 2012 at 3:44 AM (Answer #8)
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The thing about an autobiographical essay is that you DON'T want to start out with a cheesy beginning. In that case, be sure you DON'T say, "Once upon a time," or "I was born on November 13, 1974," or "In this essay, I am going to write about my life." Is this an autobiography of your entire life? If so, you could start with, "When I was young, my family and I lived in ____." Or, "Things were good/bad/boring/exciting in my early life." Something like that will do. If this is an autobiographical essay about one incident that happened to you, start with something like, "I never expected to be as happy/sad/shocked/angry/embarrassed as I was on that day." Or, "Many things have happened to me in my life, but this was the best/worst/saddest/funniest." Hope this helps.
can you tell me more. I am a high school student and i am having trouble on writing my autobiographical essay.
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mscurry | eNoter
Posted March 4, 2013 at 8:04 PM (Answer #10)
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Peeking through the door, he finds his bed occupied by movement. Slowly creeping it open thus revealing in his hand a metal bat. The sounds of lovemaking echo around the room as he crept closer and closer to the man making love to his wife. Raising the bat slowly he stops when he was just behind the head of the man and swing......
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lelz | Student , Grade 11 | eNotes Newbie
Posted April 18, 2013 at 7:38 PM (Answer #11)
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I like the ideas the other answers are giving you here, you could even do:
"Sitting here and looking back, I dont know where to begin. My life..."
or something like that. You can begin from the Present and travel back.
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a0542959 | High School Teacher | (Level 1) Assistant Educator
Posted August 12, 2013 at 4:22 PM (Answer #16)
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Another great idea would be to allude to something that happens later in your autobiography. "The day I got married was the most insane day of my life. Everything went wrong. But I suppose that's jumping the gun a bit."
Or you could begin with a significant moment in your life, "I remember the first time my father put a fishing pole in my hands. He sat me down on the end of the dock and said, if that bobber goes under the water you jerk. Within moments it sunk under the water--I jerked, excitement coursing through me--and caught my first bass. That day I realized how much I enjoyed the peace and quiet of being on a lake."
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prerna123... | Student , Grade 9 | eNotes Newbie
Posted October 6, 2011 at 7:13 PM (Answer #7)
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When you start writting an autobiography,first of all you should introduce yourself and start with a story. For example:My name is Mank.One day I was sitting near a river and .......
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florine | Student , Undergraduate | Valedictorian
Posted May 6, 2013 at 7:44 AM (Answer #12)
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I can only imagine a beginning that involves a reading with a circular pattern. Once you've reached the end, you are under the impression that you've come full circle and you want to start again and then you realize what was written at the beginning takes on a completely different aspect.
Just like the books you read in your childhood, like Gulliver's Travels or moby Dick that you read again when an adult and you find it's an altogether different book simply because you're a different person.
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zaap | eNotes Newbie
Posted May 11, 2013 at 1:39 PM (Answer #13)
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OUT IN THE WOODS OF ( NAME OF YOUR VILLAGE ), A CHILD WAS BORN TO MR. AND MRS (YOUR PARENTS NAME) IN THE YEAR (E.G 2009). THIS LOVELY BABY WAS NAMED (YOUR NAME). AND THAT'S ME!
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LIFE IS BUT A FOOTBALL MATCH, SOMETIMES VERY ROUGH AS A RESULT OF LOOSING AND OTHER TIMES EXCITING. BUT ALL IN ALL, I THINK THE BATTLE HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS.
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SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE DREAMING BUT THE REALITY HUNGS ON. I WENT THROUGH THE TURBULANCE OF LIFE YET SAFELY ARRIEVED IN THE PROMISE LAND!
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hannaberry | Teacher | eNoter
Posted June 18, 2013 at 5:28 PM (Answer #14)
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A good way to introduce your autobiography may be to start by asking the reader a question. The question could be an affective hook. Example: How did it come to this?
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cripley61 | eNotes Newbie
Posted July 26, 2013 at 1:46 PM (Answer #15)
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I wouldn't work on the introduction to your autobiography first. Instead, I would write a few notes on what you want to include in your autobiography. I would write a few body paragraphs first. What information about your life are you going to include? Once you do this, you can more easily draft your introduction. You can start with a scene from your life, and go from there. The tough thing about writing is there are no true correct ways to start, but you have to know where you are going before you can write an introduction.
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mlgendron7 | High School Teacher | eNoter
Posted February 18, 2014 at 2:33 PM (Answer #17)
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Treat it like any other "hook." You want to grab your audience's attention so that they want to read your paper.
A few good ways to start any paper include the following:
1. using a startling statement - shock your audience or use an appalling statistic
2. using a relevant quotation - make sure to provide proper attribution
3. ask a question - make sure to avoid second person in formal writing
4. an anecdote - a short story that appeals to the audience emotionally (may be a funny story)
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